Guests and honorable friends. Welcome to another year and another open feast. Tonight celebrates the culmination of all we worked so hard for… but as superiors, but equals. For through us, over the last millennia this city has attained a status that knows no equal. And as the nobility of this great city it is up to us to continue this endeavor of richness and prosperity.
It was close to one thousand years ago that my ancestors thrust Flagstone into the skies… to stand as a pillar, a monument to the exceptionalism that we, the nobility of Mercadia have attained.
As I look down I see familiar faces, and a great many new ones. That is a testament to this nation that is ever growing. And with that, let us form new bonds, let us become kindred… let us bring Mercadia into a new future… Please enjoy each other’s company, the food, the wine, explore the grounds and enjoy tonight’s festivities.
During this night and with the confrontation of the Domrathi in attendance, Aymerith tried to fend of the transformed serpents attacks but eventually succumbed to its maw, swallowed and carried off into the dark.